Society & Culture
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The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Robert Fossier (Author)
£24.95ISBN: 9780691143125
Published by : Princeton University Press
The eminent historian Robert Fossier, here gives us a rather whimsical portrait of daily life in the Middle Ages, focusing not so much on distinctions of class or status but on universals, such as mans relationship to nature, with the animal ki... .... Learn More -
The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages [Paperback]
Robert Fossier (Author)
£12.95ISBN: 9780691154312
Published by : Princeton University Press
The eminent historian Robert Fossier, here gives us a rather whimsical portrait of daily life in the Middle Ages, focusing not so much on distinctions of class or status but on universals, such as mans relationship to nature, with the animal ki... .... Learn More -
Property and Virginity: The Christianization of Marriage in Medieval Iceland, 1200-1600 [Hardback]
Agnes S Arnorsdottir (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9788779345133
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Property and Virginity examines Icelandic law codes, marriage contracts, and other documents related to court proceedings. It explores the very gradual Christianization of marriage in Iceland, and shows that this process, which lasted for hundr... .... Learn More -
Disability in the Middle Ages: Reconsiderations and Reverberations [Hardback]
Joshua Eyler (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780754668220
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Drawing on the growing field on disability theory, this collection of essays seeks to readdress questions relating to disablility and how it was conceived and perceived in the Middle Ages. Essays are predominantly textual and literary examining... .... Learn More -
Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities [Hardback]
Kirsten Fudeman (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9780812242508
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
In Vernacular Voices, Kirsten Fudeman looks at the roles played by language, and especially medieval French and Hebrew, in shaping identity and culture. How did language affect the way Jews thought, how they interacted with one another and with... .... Learn More -
Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe [Hardback]
William Layher (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9780230104655
Published by : Palgrave
This volume represents a novel approach to the study of Queenship and the ways in which queens were able to exercise political influence. It comprises three Scandinavian case studies from periods when male royal authority was weak, during the ... .... Learn More -
Margaret Paston's Piety [Hardback]
Joel Rosenthal (Author)
£52.50ISBN: 9780230622074
Published by : Palgrave
The Paston Letters are the best known source for a private life in late medieval England, and Margaret Paston emerges as the dominant figure in the letters. Through her hundred letters and long will, we get an invaluable example of the personal... .... Learn More -
Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe [Hardback]
Robert Chazan (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780521763042
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this fascinating survey of Jewish life in medieval Europe, Robert Chazan presents a new, often rather paradoxical picture. For whilst the era undoubtedly saw widespread persecution, and social and economic controls placed on Jews, they also ... .... Learn More -
Reassessing Jewish Life in Medieval Europe [Paperback]
Robert Chazan (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780521145435
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this fascinating survey of Jewish life in medieval Europe, Robert Chazan presents a new, often rather paradoxical picture. For whilst the era undoubtedly saw widespread persecution, and social and economic controls placed on Jews, they also ... .... Learn More -
Allegories of Love in Marguerite Porete's 'Mirror of Simple Souls' [Hardback]
Suzanne Kocher (Author)
£51.00ISBN: 9782503519029
Published by : Brepols
Series: Medieval Women Texts and Contexts
Volume: 17
Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls , dating probably to the 1290s, is the oldest known mystical work written in French, and the only surviving medieval text by a woman writer executed as a heretic. This volume analyses its use of
int... .... Learn More